Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the new Tobacco Control Plan will include targets for reducing smoking rates.

I refer the hon. Member to my answer during the Westminster Hall debate on the Tobacco Control Plan on 13 October 2016, Official Report, columns 165WH-197WH. The Plan, which will be published shortly, will build on our success so far and will include renewed national ambitions. The Government remains committed to funding a programme of evidence-based marketing campaigns.